[CVS] relation between /css and skins/default/css

primedomain

Joined: 2002-11-09
Posts: 115
Posted: Tue, 2003-10-21 17:45

Hello,

I just updated from v1.4.1-cvs-b78 to v1.4.1-cvs-b181. Everything seems to work okay. :D
But I am little bit confused about the relation between the /css and the skins/default/css directory. In b78, I had (very) slightly changed the layout (basically only the body background color and the color of the mouseover etc links). I have been updating my CVS versions over quite some time now and these minor changes always "survived" the updates. :)
However, after the update to 181, I see apparently the default "skin" with the default background color and link color settings.

Now, I would like to ask how this works now exactly with the "skins". I would like to get my previous background and link settings back. What's the difference between /css/standalone_style.css.default and skins/default/css/standalone_style.css? I still have my modified standalone_style.css in /css, but it doesn't seem to take effect anymore.

Also, can I simply create my own skin (with different background color and link color) by adding a new directory to the skin directory?

Thanks in advance!
 
primedomain

Joined: 2002-11-09
Posts: 115
Posted: Fri, 2003-10-24 13:35

okay, I modified skins/default/css/standalone_style.css and this works. Does anyone know what's the purpose of the /css folder in comparison to the skins folder?

Thanks.
 
h0bbel
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Joined: 2002-07-28
Posts: 13451
Posted: Fri, 2003-10-24 13:46

primedomain, since this is a CVS version things are prone to changes. AFAIK this will be streamlined before the actual release of 1.4.1
 
fryfrog

Joined: 2002-10-30
Posts: 3236
Posted: Sat, 2003-10-25 08:24

Since this is kind of on topic, I really love the new skins in 1.4.1 beta versions. I think the more complex themes are super, but I am having 2 problems with them.

1) The default color for the default theme is... kind of a baby puke green (#BDCFAD according to photoshop) and I can't for the life of me figure out how to modify it. I have looked in /skins/default/css and added lines like "background-color: white;" to all of the .css files to no avail.

2) The cool skins I want to use seem to have abnormally large font sizes. It makes certain things look quite good, but other spots... well, very cramped. I poked around in the .css files for the theme's dir, but wasn't really able to change any of the font sizes.

Am I retarded? Could you point me to the file I should be looking at? It isn't like there are many files in each theme's dir. Maybe I am using the wrong keyword or something.

As an aside... the change in 1.4.0 -> 1.4.1 is... well, it looks like it is going to be astronomically cool and one of the best upgrades yet. Voting, a better general layout AND skins (and I am sure more). Thanks for your hard work :)
 
primedomain

Joined: 2002-11-09
Posts: 115
Posted: Sat, 2003-10-25 08:33
fryfrog wrote:
I can't for the life of me figure out how to modify it. I have looked in /skins/default/css and added lines like "background-color: white;" to all of the .css files to no avail.

I changed in skins/default/css/standalone_style.css in line 34 and following...

BODY  
	{ 
	  background-color: #BBCCAA;

to

BODY  
	{ 
	  background-color: #E6E6FA;

to change the background color. That's how it worked for me. However, I am not sure if that's the correct way to do it :wink:
 
fryfrog

Joined: 2002-10-30
Posts: 3236
Posted: Sat, 2003-10-25 23:57

The wierdest thing... I was editing the .css file on one computer and using refresh, shift refresh and even closing and re-opening IE to "view" the changes... out of desperation I fired up IE on another computer and low and behold the bg HAD been changed to white... wtf? :)

Now maybe I can find the font sizes for the other skins :)